Anyone who knows the right thing to do, but does not do it, is sinning.
James 4:17
The professor wrote a single word on the board. One of his barely awake students said, "A-P-A-T-H-Y. What's that?" His bored classmate replied, "Who cares?"
Believe it or not, this is something that is becoming more and more prevalent. Go to the store and the checkout person is busy talking to the co-workers, on the phone, chomping gum, anything to leave you with the impression that they don't care. And guess what? We give this same impression to others.
We hide from actually doing what we agreed to do. We just walk over things we don't want to pick up. We do all sorts of things just because WE want or don't want to do it. Our mentality is "Meh, who cares?"
James is reminding us that when you KNOW what is the right thing to do, and you CHOOSE not to do it, you have sinned. "Evil will triumph when good people do nothing." How would it feel if God decided "Meh, I don't feel like caring about you today."
So ask yourself....what DO you care about? Do you care about the job you do? The give it your best effort. Do you care about your relationships? Then give them your best. Do you care? Then be the example for others.
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